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"Martha Stewart is ready to start dating! After recently creating an online dating profile on Match.com, the 71-year-old homemaking mogul has narrowed down the 1,000 date requests she received to two men, Stan and Larry.\r\nBefore going on a date with each suitor, the divorced mother and grandmother of one appeared on the TODAY show Thursday, May 9, where she met them for the first time. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m slightly apprehensive, but not nervous,&amp;quot; she told Matt Lauer.\r\n\r\nStan, 68, is a filmmaker, who coincidentally previously shot Stewart in a commercial. &amp;quot;I always really liked Martha,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;How could you not?&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nLarry, also 68, is an executive in international steel trade. &amp;quot;When I read the profile, she expressed the same feelings that all of us this age have,&amp;quot; he explained, &amp;quot;a lot of trepidation and the fear of it -&amp;#x2013; and we&amp;apos;re usually not afraid of much.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nBut Larry admitted that he did have some concerns about potentially dating Stewart, because she is so well known. &amp;quot;It would [make me] look more like an opportunist,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;And that&amp;apos;s not me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOn her profile, Stewart said she was looking for &amp;quot;someone who&amp;apos;s intelligent, established, and curious; and who relishes adventure and new experiences as much as I do. Someone who can teach me new things. A lover of animals, grandchildren, and the outdoors. Young at heart.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Odd couples\r\nTODAY show&amp;apos;s cameras will now follow Stewart on her separate dates with the men. &amp;quot;None of these have been set up. None of this is fake,&amp;quot; the TV star explained. &amp;quot;I just want everybody to know that because I want other women in a similar situation to mine to realize that it can be done . . . I hope.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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